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" ... the moon ; and it is also, at the distance of the moon, three times as broad as the moon itself. An eclipse of the sun can take place only at new moon, when the sun and moon meet in the same part of the heavens, for then only can the moon come between... "
Dr. Irving's catechism of general knowledge, by a Cambridge M.A. - Page 99
by Christopher Irving - 1858
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A Compendium of Astronomy

Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pages
...earth to the moon ; and it is also at the distance of the moon three times as broad as the moon itself. An eclipse of the sun can take place only at new moon, when the sun and moon meet in the same part of the heavens, or at new moon, for then only can the moon come...
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Letters on Astronomy: Addressed to a Lady; in which the Elements of the ...

Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...from the moon ; and it is also, at the distance of the moon, three times as broad as the moon itself. An eclipse of the sun can take place only at new moon, when the sun and moon meet in the same part of the heavens, for then only can the moon come between us and the...
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The Illustrated London Astronomy for the Use of Schools and Students

John Russell Hind - 1853 - 122 pages
...occurrence. There can never happen more than seven eclipses in the course of a year, nor fewer than two. An eclipse of the Sun can take place only at new Moon, and a lunar eclipse only at the time of full Moon. TOTAL, ANNULAR, AND PARTIAL ECLIPSES OF THE SUN....
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A Compendium of Astronomy: Containing the Elements of the Science ...

Denison Olmsted - 1855 - 318 pages
...earth to the moon ; and it is also at the distance of the moon three times as broad as the moon itself. An eclipse of the sun can take place only at new moon, when the sun and moon meet in the same part of the heavens, for then only can the moon come between us and the...
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Letters on Astronomy, in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly ...

Denison Olmsted - 1855 - 484 pages
...from the moon ; and it is also, at the distance of the moon, three times as broad as the moon itself. An eclipse of the sun .can take place only at new moon, when the sun and moon meet in the same part of the heavens, for then only can the moon come between us and the...
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Letters on Astronomy: In which the Elements of the Science are Familialry ...

Denison Olmsted - 1858 - 454 pages
...from the moon ; and it is also, at the distance of the moon, three times as broad as the moon itself. An eclipse of the sun can take place only at new moon, when the sun and moon meet in the same part of the heavens, for then only can the moon come between us and the...
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A Text-book of Physiography, Or Physical Geography: Being an Introduction to ...

Edward Hull - 1888 - 382 pages
...are in the same line, the highest tides (called " Spring tides) " are produced. Hence at the times of new moon (when the moon is between the sun and the earth), and at full moon (when the earth is between the sun and the moon), we have a recurrence of spring tides...
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T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura, Volume 3

Titus Lucretius Carus - 1889 - 192 pages
...orbit, ie those points where her orbit intersects the ecliptic. An eclipse of the sun can only occur at new moon, when the moon is between the sun and the earth ; an eclipse of the moon, at full moon, when the moon is on the side of the earth opposite to the sun,...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 32

1888 - 900 pages
...eclipse of the sun, with total darkness for nearly half an hour. As it is hardly necessary to mention, an eclipse of the sun can take place only at new moon, and the total obscuration never lasts more than a very few minutes — four, if I remember rightly....
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T. Lvcreti Cari De Rervm Natvra Libri Sex

Titus Lucretius Carus - 1907 - 818 pages
...orbit, ie those points where her orbit intersects the ecliptic. An eclipse of the sun can only occur at new moon, when the moon is between the sun and the earth ; an eclipse of the moon, at full moon, when the moon is on the side of the earth opposite to the sun,...
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